Profuse thanks for the sparkling new pedometer, which
arrived upon my black box by a very long and circuitous
route that took a good long time.

I regret to inform you that since I still do not walk,
the pedometer remains stuck at zero. Even upon the
occasion of the 17th Unicode conference, I'm afraid
I won't be able to set any of my four rubber pads off
this pedastal to attend... And besides, my power cord
is too short to reach the conference location.

But thank you for the kind thoughts.

Your humble servant with the lotus feet (which
still get her nowhere in the blink of an eye),